Item
[See HO 17/3/14].
Catalogue reference: HO 17/16/46
Date: [1828]
[See HO 17/3/14].
Item
Prisoner name: Robert Horton. Court and date of trial: Stafford Lent Assizes 1826....
Catalogue reference: HO 17/87/132
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HO 17/87/132
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Date (When the record was created)
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1826
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prisoner name: Robert Horton.
Court and date of trial: Stafford Lent Assizes 1826.
Crime: Highway robbery.
Initial sentence: [Death] commuted to transportation for life.
Gaoler's report: Not known before - good in prison.
Petitioner: Merchants, factors, manufacturers and others inhabitants of Birmingham, 16 signatures.
Grounds for clemency: HIs family are respectable, honest and industrious. His father, Henry Horton, served 18 years as a Royal Marine.
Other papers included: Two character references, dated 1811, for Henry Horton referring to service in the Royal Marines.
Covering letter from Henry Horton forwarding the petition.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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Ql 35
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Open Document, Open Description
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HO 17
Home Office: Criminal Petitions, Series I
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Prisoner name: Robert Horton. Court and date of trial: Stafford Lent Assizes 1826....
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